Alexey Alexandrovich Lutsenko (Kazakh: Алексей Александрович Луценко; born 7 September 1992) is a Kazakh professional cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team.[4]
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| Full name | Alexey Alexandrovich Lutsenko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 September 1992 Petropavl, Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Astana Qazaqstan Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Rouleur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2012 | Continental Team Astana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Astana[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Career
editIn 2012 he won the under-23 road race at the UCI Road World Championships in the Netherlands.[5] At the 2015 Tour de Suisse, Lutsenko put in an attack after the penultimate climb of the day and it led him to victory on stage 8.[6]
In 2019, Lutsenko had his most prolific season to that point, with ten individual victories. His first start of the season, the Tour of Oman, saw him win three stages, the points classification and the overall general classification.[7] After top-ten finishes at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (fourth) and Strade Bianche (seventh),[8][9] Lutsenko won a stage and the mountains classification at Tirreno–Adriatico.[10][11] He finished seventh overall at the Critérium du Dauphiné,[11] before winning both the time trial and the road race by more than a minute at the Kazakh National Road Championships.[11] After finishing inside the top twenty placings at the Tour de France, Lutsenko won the Arctic Race of Norway on the final stage, overturning a three-second pre-stage deficit to Warren Barguil.[12] He finished fourth at the Deutschland Tour and second at the Coppa Ugo Agostoni before two wins in three days, at the Coppa Sabatini and the Memorial Marco Pantani[11] – becoming the latter race's first non-Italian winner.
At the start of the 2020 season, and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic-enforced suspension of racing, Lutsenko took third-place overall finishes at the Tour de la Provence (winning the points classification), and the UAE Tour.[13] He then won the sixth stage of the Tour de France following a 17-kilometre (11-mile) solo attack.[14] Lutsenko's next victory did not come until the 2021 Critérium du Dauphiné, when he won the fourth stage individual time trial.[15] He moved into the race lead after the sixth stage,[16] but ultimately finished second overall behind Richie Porte.[17] He recorded his best overall finish at the Tour de France with a seventh-place finish in the 2021 edition,[18] but took only one further victory during the rest of the year, at the Coppa Ugo Agostoni.[19]
Lutsenko opened his 2022 season with victory in the inaugural edition of the Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior, soloing the last 25 kilometres (16 miles) to the win.[20] He finished inside the top ten placings at the Vuelta a Andalucía (ninth),[21] missing out on a stage victory to Wout Poels in a two-up sprint in Baza.[22] At the Tour de France, he worked his way up the general classification, moving into the top ten overall after two high stage finishes on consecutive summit finishes at Peyragudes and Hautacam.[23][24] He ultimately finished 9th, almost 23 minutes down on race winner Jonas Vingegaard.[25]
Personal life
editMajor results
editSource:[27]
- 2010
- Asian Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 2nd
Time trial
- 1st
- 3rd Overall 3-Etappen-Rundfahrt
- 9th Overall Driedaagse van Axel
- 2011
- 9th ZLM Tour
- 2012
- 1st
Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships - 1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stage 1b Tour of Bulgaria
- 1st Stage 5 Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 2nd Grand Prix des Marbriers
- 3rd Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 5th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
- 8th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 2014 (2 pro wins)
- 1st
Time trial, Asian Games - 1st Tour of Almaty
- 4th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
- 1st
- 2015 (3)
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 1st Tour of Almaty
- 1st Stage 8 Tour de Suisse
- 2016 (4)
- 1st
Overall Tour of Hainan
- 1st Stage 8
- 1st Tour of Almaty
- 1st Stage 5 Paris–Nice
- 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2017 (3)
- 1st Team time trial, Asian Road Championships
- 1st Overall Tour of Almaty
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 5
Combativity award Stage 5
- 3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2018 (5)
- Asian Games
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 5th Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour of Oman - 1st Stage 6 Tour of Austria
- 2nd Overall Tour of Turkey
- 1st Stage 4
- 2019 (10)
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour of Oman
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 2, 3 & 5
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 1st Coppa Sabatini
- 1st Memorial Marco Pantani
- Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 4th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 7th Strade Bianche
- 2020 (1)
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de France
- 3rd Overall Tour de la Provence
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 3rd Overall UAE Tour
- 2021 (2)
- 1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 2nd GP Miguel Induráin
- 4th Veneto Classic
- 7th Overall Tour de France
- 8th Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 2022 (1)
- 1st Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2023 (9)
- Asian Games
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd
Road race
- 1st
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Overall Giro di Sicilia
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
Overall Tour of Turkey
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Circuito de Getxo
- 1st Memorial Marco Pantani
- 5th Amstel Gold Race
- 5th Coppa Sabatini
- 2024 (2)
- 1st Overall Giro d'Abruzzo
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 3rd Trofeo Matteotti
- 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
General classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | — | — | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | |||
| Tour de France
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DNF | — | — | 62 | 71 | — | 19 | 46 | 7 | 8 | 40 | DNF | |||
| Vuelta a España
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— | 100 | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | 71 | — | — | |||
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| Stage races | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||
 Paris–Nice
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— | — | — | 71 | 48 | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | DNF | |||
 Tirreno–Adriatico
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— | 85 | 64 | — | — | 15 | 13 | — | — | — | DNF | — | |||
 Volta a Catalunya
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Has not contested during his career | ||||||||||||||
| Tour of the Basque Country
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— | — | — | — | 101 | — | — | NH | 78 | — | — | — | |||
| Tour de Romandie
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— | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | — | DNF | DNF | ||||
 Critérium du Dauphiné
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69 | — | — | 75 | 48 | — | 7 | 35 | 2 | — | — | — | |||
| Tour de Suisse
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— | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | NH | — | 19 | DNF | 65 | |||
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
References
edit- ^ a b "Astana - Pro Team". Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Astana Pro Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Astana - Premier Tech". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Lutsenko wins 2012 men's U23 world title". Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ "Lutsenko takes breakaway victory in Tour de Suisse stage 8". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 20 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "Tour of Oman – Lutsenko crowned 2019 winner". Times of Oman. Muscat Media Group. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Stybar takes solo victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Alaphilippe wins Strade Bianche". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Windsor, Richard (16 March 2019). "Alexey Lutsenko takes dramatic victory on Tirreno-Adriatico 2019 stage four". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d Bacon, Ellis; Ostanek, Daniel; Fletcher, Patrick (21 September 2019). "World Championships: 10 riders to watch at the elite men's road race". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Long, Jonny (18 August 2019). "Alexey Lutsenko snatches overall victory from Warren Barguil by one second at the Arctic Race of Norway". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Ballinger, Alex (27 February 2020). "Tadej Pogačar narrowly takes victory from Lutsenko on stage five of the UAE Tour 2020". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Skelton, Jack (3 September 2020). "Tour de France 2020: Alexey Lutsenko wins stage six as Adam Yates retains yellow jersey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Critérium du Dauphiné: Alexey Lutsenko stuns with stage 4 time trial victory". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (4 June 2021). "Critérium du Dauphiné: Alejandro Valverde wins stage 6". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel; Cossins, Peter (6 June 2021). "Richie Porte wins the Critérium du Dauphiné". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (16 December 2021). "Lutsenko sets sights on Tour de France podium". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Scognamiglio, Ciro (11 October 2021). "Coppa Agostoni, a Lissone Lutsenko batte Trentin allo sprint" [Coppa Agostoni, in Lissone Lutsenko beats Trentin in the sprint]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). RCS MediaGroup. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Latham Coyle, Harry (14 February 2022). "Clasica Jaen 2022 - Alexey Lutsenko produces dominant long-range attack to win inaugural edition". Eurosport. Discovery, Inc. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Goddard, Ben (20 February 2022). "Kämna wins final stage of Ruta del Sol". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Goddard, Ben (19 February 2022). "Wout Poels wins stage 4 of Ruta del Sol". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Nicholson, Kit (20 July 2022). "Tadej Pogačar boxes his way to a third stage win but only gains four seconds". CyclingTips. CyclingTips Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Whittle, Jeremy (21 July 2022). "Vingegaard breaks Pogacar to win stage and all but seal Tour de France glory". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Elton-Walters, Jack (24 July 2022). "Tour de France 2022: Jasper Philipsen wins Stage 21 sprint". Cycling Weekly. Future plc. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Long, Jonny (31 August 2022). "Rest day babies, PlayStation addicts and ice buckets: The weird and wonderful Vuelta". CyclingTips. CyclingTips Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Alexey Lutsenko". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
External links
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- Alexey Lutsenko at UCI
- Alexey Lutsenko at ProCyclingStats
- Alexey Lutsenko at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Alexey Lutsenko at Olympics.com
